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w. B. SAT'TERLEE.

, MOLD. APPLICATION H-LED SEPT. 3. 1913.

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WILLIAM BRANDON SATTERLEE, 0F TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

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Specification of Letters Patent. u Patented July 6, 1915.

. Application filed September 3, 1913. Serial No. 788,014.

To all whom 'it may concern .1

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. SATTER- Liiii, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvementain Molds, of which the following is xa spao'ification.-

' The invey ,tion relates generally to animproveinent in molds for line casting inacliines, and particularly to a mold wherein means are provided for the convenient and speedy adjustment thereof for castingrlifferent lengths and thicknesses of slug.

In adjusting the type of mold usually employed in line casting machines to vary the length or thickness of the slug molded, it is necessary for the operator to first unlock the vise, lower the vise to expose the wheel, disengage the mold wheel, revolve the wheel to bring the mold into position for adjustment, remove the cap from the mold to expose the liners, and replace said liners with proper liners to adjust the molding space as required.

It is' the object of the present invention to obviate this somewhat lengthy operation by the ,provision of a` mold which may be simply andeasily adjustable in a singleoperation, and in which liners Iare wholly dispensed with, whereby my improvement is designed not only to effect a saving of time and labor,

but also saving the expense in the cost of the liners.

` The invention in its preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the im-V proved mold, the protecting cover being removed to'show themea`ns for adjustingthe thickness ,of the molding space. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. `1, one of the slug measure Aadjusting elements'being shown in inoperative or open position; vIligzf is a similar view with the elements shown :in operative or closed position. Fig. 4 isa section on theA linee-1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is anelevation illustrating the bottom ofthe mold and showing the relative position of the vise thereto. Fig. 6v is a bottom view of the vise. Fig. 7fis a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5.

, Referring particularly toFigs. 1 to 4 of the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the improved mold,4 jtl will be seen that said mold comprises a main block 1 adapted to be secured" to the mold wheel Q measure and thickness of the slug.I 'The' lower block is longitudinally slotted throughout its'length as at 5, the rear or inner wall (S of said block being of materially less thickness thanthe forward or outer wall 7i In the space thuspovided at the respective ends of the blogk, are mounted what may be termed end/molding members 8, preferably in the form of comparatively elongated seotions, the upper surface of which remains at all times in contact with the lower surface of the cap l through the medium of springs 9. The end molding members form per manent molding ends ,for the molding space,`

andthe distance between the respective 1nner edges of these members provides a'maximum length slug for which the. particular mold is designed. Intermediate the members 8 there is slidably arranged inthe channel 5 a series of mold limiting sections 10 each of which is normally spring pressed t0- ward the cap through the medium of springs 11 arranged in the channel beneath saidmembers. The members 10 are of any appropriate thickness, as for example, there may be one provided of four picas in thickness, and the remaining members each six points in thickness, though this detailjboth as to relative size of the members and their number may be carried to any extent and any degree desired, as may be found necessarv. e y y s previously*'deScribed, the space between the adjacent siirfaces of the members 10 and the cap 4 form the molding space, and that therefore the movement of any of said members 10 to close the space will of course vary the ilength of such space, and l hence the length of the slug. Each member is. normally held inoperative or'open position by a trigger 12 pivotally.'connected 'thereto and havingy an operative end depend- .ing below the lower end of the forward wall 7 of the block 1, each trigger' having a pro/ jection 13 designed to engage in a notch/'14 11d with each element for normally holding said element in inoperative position and inde pendent means cooperating with ei :l1 element for .nitomaticall)l 'actuating said element upon release of its particular holding means.

2. A mold for type casting machines comprising a block, a series oli'elements carried b v the block to'vary the length oi thi-'molding space, a trigger carried by each element for normally holding said element in inoperative position, and a spring cooperating with each elementlor automatically actuating said element upon release movement of the trigger. v

Inold for line casting machines in.- cluding a main block having an overlying casing, a cap movable in the casing and forming with the main block a molding space, an adjusting block mounted in the casing and overlying and bearing on the cap, said block being formed with spaced similarly inclined wedging surfaces, screws adjustably mounted in the casing and bearing respectively on said wedging surface, and means carried by the cap and connected to the block for operating the latter longitudinally of 'the cap to move the cap toward 'the main block.

' 4. A mold for type casting machines comprising a block, a series of elements carried loy the block to vary the length of the molding space, a trigger carried by each element for normally holding said element in inopf erative position, and a spring cooperating with each element for automatically actuating said element upon release movement of the trigger, in combination with an operating device including a series of elements designed in actuating to cooperatewith the respective triggers.

A mold for line casting machines including a molding block formed to provide a molding space, a series of measure adjustllng elements mounted in the block and movable across the molding space to carry the number oi such holding means, said operat ing device comprising a series ol push rods cach formed with a recess,.an opera-ting bar arranged for manual movement and 'formed with a recess, and a connecting bar slidable in the recess ol' the push rod and in said recess in the bar. whereby the operating bar in movement will actuate all of the push bars having their recesses engaged by the connecting bar.

6. ln combination with a line casting niachine mold including a series of movable elements adapted to vary the -length of the molding spaces and means for locking each of said elements independently against operation, an operating device including a plurality ol push rods, one for each element locking means, means for selecting a series` of such push rods for actuation, and means for simultaneously actuating'such selected push rods.

n testimony whereof I aflx my' signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM BRANDON SATTERLEE.

Witnesses l PETER LESLIE, I FRANK NEUMANN, Jr.' 

